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Project management - The case of an oil refinery

Author: Jean LE BISSONNAIS

Publication date: October 10, 2001

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6. Conclusion

These few explanations may seem lengthy, but they are just a glimpse of the management problems that arise when implementing a major project. What's more, there are a number of unavoidable problems that should have been mentioned:

  • for costs, inflation, currency risks, economic trends that vary from one country to another;

  • for deadlines, social conditions and staff productivity;

  • for human relations, cultural misunderstandings, character incompatibilities, personal ambitions, conflicts of interest, demotivation of some ;

  • more generally, the political situation, international competition and uncertain productivity, even for expatriates.

If we were to black out all the risks involved and the worries they represent,...

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